Lesson Plan

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Huck Finn Symbolism Lesson
Mr. Neal Hoover
Essential Questions:
1. How does Twain describe the river in Huck Finn?
2. How does Twain describe the land in Huck Finn?
3. What makes for useful information to cite from a piece of literature?
Objectives:
1. Students will identify quotes from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and be able to
properly cite them with 2 or less errors.
2. Students will compare and contrast the land vs the river in The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn with 2 or less errors.
3. Students will be able to draft in MLA format with 1 or less errors after being given
instruction.
PA CORE Standards:
1. CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the
course of the texts including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details;
provide an objective summary of the text.
2. CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an authors explicit
assumptions and beliefs and a subject.
3. CC.1.2.11-12.A.a: Identify two main ideas/central ideas using key details/evidence from
the text.
Bell Ringer Activity:
1. Get laptops and log on.
Pedagogy and Procedure:
1. Bell Ringer Activity
a. Make sure every student has a laptop and is logged on.
2. In-text citation worksheet
a. Give students an example of a quote and the proper MLA format for the in-text
citation.
b. Students will be given a handout with 3 quotes and page numbers, in which they
will have to use proper MLA format to cite.
3. Proper MLA format
a. Help students set up their header and page layout for the paper they will be
writing.
b. Show an example and remind them they can use Purdue OWL.
4. Proper MLA citations for the book
a. Break down MLA format for citing a book.
b. Show them the proper format for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
5. What is symbolism?
a. What are some symbols of the United States?
b. Berwick?
c. What symbols are used in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
 6. Discuss symbolism
a. What does the river represent in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
i. What are some common reoccurring themes when they are on the river?
b. What does the land represent in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
i. What are some common reoccurring themes when they are on the land?
7. Complete Assessment
a. Give students clues about what the theme of the river is in The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn and have them find a quote based off the pages they were given
last Wednesday.
Texts and Materials:
1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2. In-Text Citation Worksheet
3. Students bring laptops
Closure:
1. Summative Assessment
Assessment:
1. Pull one quote from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pertaining to the river and
explain how it fits the common theme associated with the river.
Pages to think about for this lesson
7 2nd paragraph - land
36 3rd paragraph land
71 1st 3 paragraphs land
147 2nd paragraph land
148 1st paragraph land
153 2nd full paragraph land
183 2nd paragraph land
186 2nd paragraph land

43 2nd to last paragraph river

85 1st paragraph river
150 152 river
159 last paragraph river
163 1st paragraph river